Tournament of Champions Part II - 1969 U.S. Nationals - Vintage Drag Racing - Indy

[tj74richard]

second 20 , pink panther car ?

[turboslag]

Yeah, what is THAT music ?! Luvin it ! The vid is waaaaay cool too !

[alejoof]

the music from 0:11 to 1:24 ?????????

[frannnn147]

THE FIRST MUSIC TRACK ?

[OzzInter]

I bought the1969 edition of HOT ROD Magazine about the 1969 US Nationals.

I was hooked, as kid, on drag-racing.

This was the last of "hot rod" era of drag-racing.

Top Fuel cars, as shown in this video, were at their limit using production components.

Enter the 1970's and it was rear engined cars with pure racing components and aerofoils etc. Safer, more reliable, but more high tech and much more expensive!

Top Fuel is now a very high tech and very expensive class!

[TheOneDogmaster]

linda vaughn hurst commercial golden girl... cool.

[TurboRanger96]

i wish NHRA was like this now!

[quasiphatpaul]

man this is some beautiful stuff. wish id been alive and old enough to appreciate this at the time. But SCREW I CAN LOVE IT NOW!

[JohnRoseArcher]

WONDERFUL!

[tms870]

that was micky thompson @1;40 i think

[nitrofink]

thank you so much for preserving this for future generations to see.

[caine440]

Thanks for sharing this WOW

Great!

Real Drag racing, no NOS or BS, real cars and real drivers!

[cyberhendrix]

@caine440 and real mechanics

[caine440]

So true! Those guys came up with many tricks we all take for granted,

[ravenmccloud]

I really appreciate you sharing this, thanks!!